#AE5A39#AE5A39

#AE5A39 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.119 H 41.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A39
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 57)
HSL	hsl(17, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 31.46, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 46.43, 47.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.0893 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.119 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8521, 16.6089, 5.9252)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A39 #398DAE

analogous

#AE3953 #AE5A39 #AE9439

triadic

#AE5A39 #39AE5A #5A39AE

tetradic

#AE5A39 #53AE39 #398DAE #9439AE

square

#AE5A39 #53AE39 #398DAE #9439AE

split-complementary

#AE5A39 #39AE94 #3953AE

monochromatic

#522A1B #80422A #AE5A39 #C97A5B #D89F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#AE5A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#AE5A39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A39

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A39	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.119 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8a70',
    500: '#ae5a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a39;
$custom-light: #cc8a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.923,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56149,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A39

secondary

#80B0C3

accent

#B3DA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A39

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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